Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi
محمد صديق المنشاوي
About
Sheikh Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi (1920–1969) was an Egyptian Qari revered for his emotive murattal recitation. He came from a family of Qurra' in Sohag governorate and is often listed alongside Al-Husary and Abdul Basit as one of the three pillars of the classical Egyptian recitation school.
Recitation style
Al-Minshawi's voice carries a distinctive tremor of khushu' — a controlled emotional weight that is impossible to fake. His murattal is slower than most contemporary reciters and lets each ayah settle before the next begins.
Best known for
His Juz Amma murattal recording that generations of Egyptian students have learned recitation from at the kuttab.
Notable surahs
Recordings by Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi of the following surahs are widely loved and stream directly inside SABR when you set them as your reciter.
Audio source
SABR streams Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi's recitation from a public per-ayah CDN (folder Minshawy_Murattal_128kbps). Audio is not stored by SABR itself — we point directly at the source so the recording is exactly what you would hear on other apps that share the same library.
Start memorising with Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi
Set Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi as your default reciter and every ayah you learn on SABR will be delivered in this voice.